Perl and MYSQL .....Datetime problem.. ====================================== in perl I am getting date with localtime() ... inserting successfully in MYSQL with data type of field is varchar... but unable to insert the date when MYSQL file datatype is datetime... any help??? $callstart = localtime(); $dbh->do("INSERT INTO CDR(CallTime) VALUES (" . $dbh->quote($callstart) . ")"); If CallTime field's type is VARCHAR then it works.... It doesnt work when CallTime Field's type is DateTime or TimeStamp...